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jmowreader

(50,566 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 01:57 PM Aug 2015

Regarding the Carnival Cruz quote in EarlG's graphic

Rafael Cruz, the Canadian-born Cuban, says his first act as president will be to repeal all President Obama's unconstitutional and illegal executive orders. Since he believes Obama is an illegitimate president (because only Republicans get to be president), that means all his EOs will be gone.

Since Congress will be too busy writing tax cuts and Obamacare repeals, he will have to do it himself...so his intention is to use an "unconstitutional and illegal" Rafael Cruz EO to repeal Barack Obama's EOs. Nice!

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Regarding the Carnival Cruz quote in EarlG's graphic (Original Post) jmowreader Aug 2015 OP
Executive Orders: Issuance, Modification, and Revocation (warning pdf file) Agnosticsherbet Aug 2015 #1

Agnosticsherbet

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1. Executive Orders: Issuance, Modification, and Revocation (warning pdf file)
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 02:11 PM
Aug 2015
Executive Orders: Issuance, Modification, and Revocation

As President (Dog and Flying Spaghetti monster forbid) he would have the authority to issue, modify, and revoke any and all executive orders.

Interestingly,
The U.S. Constitution does not define these presidential instruments and does not explicitly vest the President with the authority to issue them. Nonetheless, such orders are accepted as an inherent aspect of presidential power.
Moreover, if they are based on appropriate authority, they have the force and effect of law.


So, they are unconstitutional in that their power does not explicitly derive from the Constitution. They are, however, legal.

It appears that Mr. Cruz does not know critical, need to know information about the job for which he is applying.
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